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The Earth Saga #1
Minus Epsilon: The Earth Saga I
Humanity thought they were the only intelligent life in the universe. They were wrong.
An alien spacecraft has crashed on Earth.
A group of scientists want to establish contact with the aliens.
A hostile government wants to nuke the crash site.
Special Forces Major Joe Hunt is caught in the middle.
With time running out to establish a peaceful relationship with the aliens, Joe must battle his instincts and unexpected forces that threaten the very future of humanity. Regardless of what happens, Earth risks being dragged into a galactic civil war it's not ready for.
An alien spacecraft has crashed on Earth.
A group of scientists want to establish contact with the aliens.
A hostile government wants to nuke the crash site.
Special Forces Major Joe Hunt is caught in the middle.
With time running out to establish a peaceful relationship with the aliens, Joe must battle his instincts and unexpected forces that threaten the very future of humanity. Regardless of what happens, Earth risks being dragged into a galactic civil war it's not ready for.
- GenresScience Fiction
350 pages, Paperback
First published December 22, 2013
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May 21, 2018
Surprise!
We are not alone in the universe.
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway - thank you!
I am always interested in books about the possibility of life in other universes. After all, the universe is unfathomly large and unexplored, despite the fact that we like to think we know all about it - we don't. We have a long way to go.
This book is about what happens when an other wordly spacecraft crashes on our Earth, and we can no longer pretend we are the only sentient beings in the universe. As you can imagine, there are many who aren't thrilled with that revelation.
First contact with the ET's is made by Special Forces Officer Joe Hunt, who unwittingly sets some things in motion that could have long-reaching, and dire, consequences on our home planet.
We are not alone in the universe.
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway - thank you!
I am always interested in books about the possibility of life in other universes. After all, the universe is unfathomly large and unexplored, despite the fact that we like to think we know all about it - we don't. We have a long way to go.
This book is about what happens when an other wordly spacecraft crashes on our Earth, and we can no longer pretend we are the only sentient beings in the universe. As you can imagine, there are many who aren't thrilled with that revelation.
First contact with the ET's is made by Special Forces Officer Joe Hunt, who unwittingly sets some things in motion that could have long-reaching, and dire, consequences on our home planet.
April 9, 2022
I won this book in a goodreads drawing.
Ambushed by an enemy fleet, a star ship crewed by several species of extraterrestrials crashes in Paraguay. For some reason, the ship is called a corvette.
The crew of the heavily damaged ship must repair the ship, call for help, and survive encounters with the native species--Homo Sapiens.
Meanwhile, Earth has to deal with the aliens, who may be summoning other, more hostile aliens. Somehow, the whole thing causes unrest in Russia.
Ambushed by an enemy fleet, a star ship crewed by several species of extraterrestrials crashes in Paraguay. For some reason, the ship is called a corvette.
The crew of the heavily damaged ship must repair the ship, call for help, and survive encounters with the native species--Homo Sapiens.
Meanwhile, Earth has to deal with the aliens, who may be summoning other, more hostile aliens. Somehow, the whole thing causes unrest in Russia.
June 1, 2018
A great book that i enjoyed reading. This book was entertaining, realistic, disturbing, truthful, and the plot was well put together. It gives the reader insight on the how Earth would react to aliens coming to earth. A must read for any and all book lovers everywhere.
June 4, 2020
Imaginative
Interesting story about an alien ship crashing on Earth and various country's reactions. Looking forward to the continuation of the story in the next book.
Interesting story about an alien ship crashing on Earth and various country's reactions. Looking forward to the continuation of the story in the next book.
August 5, 2022
Good story, sub standard pros
This series is plot triennial no mistake. There's no character development. That's fine. Good story. Made the whole alien first contact with modern earth interesting. But this guy needs to fire the editor.
Numerous typos and other errors throughout all books. And the pros is largely bad and can be off putting.
Instead of his voice went hoarse we get horse..... And for the writing we get lines like "he conducted a combat roll" when telling us a character is dodging incoming small arms fire. How about "he rolled". What's this conducted nonsense.
Anyway, up too you to decide if the story is worth the terrible writing as you proceed.
This review is for all the series.
This series is plot triennial no mistake. There's no character development. That's fine. Good story. Made the whole alien first contact with modern earth interesting. But this guy needs to fire the editor.
Numerous typos and other errors throughout all books. And the pros is largely bad and can be off putting.
Instead of his voice went hoarse we get horse..... And for the writing we get lines like "he conducted a combat roll" when telling us a character is dodging incoming small arms fire. How about "he rolled". What's this conducted nonsense.
Anyway, up too you to decide if the story is worth the terrible writing as you proceed.
This review is for all the series.
February 21, 2024
How first contact could unfold
I quite enjoyed this book - being a sucker for military sci-fi, I was quickly drawn into it.
The tale follows Major Hunt and Communications Officer Ranix - human and alien respectively - during a first contact scenario on Earth between two different cultures and the political fallout that such an encounter would bring.
The main element I didn’t enjoy was how idealistic some of the scenarios were that don’t match the character’s skill sets, etc.
That being said, the pace was good, the action - though minimal - was gripping and the story was nicely left on a cliffhanger with questions to be answered and anticipation of conflict later on.
I quite enjoyed this book - being a sucker for military sci-fi, I was quickly drawn into it.
The tale follows Major Hunt and Communications Officer Ranix - human and alien respectively - during a first contact scenario on Earth between two different cultures and the political fallout that such an encounter would bring.
The main element I didn’t enjoy was how idealistic some of the scenarios were that don’t match the character’s skill sets, etc.
That being said, the pace was good, the action - though minimal - was gripping and the story was nicely left on a cliffhanger with questions to be answered and anticipation of conflict later on.
August 2, 2019
Decent start to a new series
The story involves first contact between earth and a stranded alien ship. There's some military drama but the focus stays primarily on the interaction between the aliens and the group of earthlings that are designated to meet with them. hopefully the rest of the series will continue to focus on that rather than devolve into a military story.
I would give the book 4 stars but there were several spelling mistakes which disrupted the flow of reading.
The story involves first contact between earth and a stranded alien ship. There's some military drama but the focus stays primarily on the interaction between the aliens and the group of earthlings that are designated to meet with them. hopefully the rest of the series will continue to focus on that rather than devolve into a military story.
I would give the book 4 stars but there were several spelling mistakes which disrupted the flow of reading.
March 26, 2018
I LOVED this book. The story was told from many perspectives which made it a lot of fun to read. I love how realistic everything is. I don't doubt that the world in reality would react the same way! I'm definitely going to be reading the second one. The only downfall of this book was all of the typos. There were many places where words or multiple words were missing from sentences or many words were added which made it a little hard to read at times.
August 8, 2021
Awesome Sci-Fi series that I simply couldn't stop reading. Currently at book 5 only a day after I started reading this one and already not looking forward to finishing it... So good.
There is no watering down of the storyline, every page is full of action, just reads itself.
Don't wait and get it now!
There is no watering down of the storyline, every page is full of action, just reads itself.
Don't wait and get it now!
May 26, 2025
We meet them. We're suddenly certain we're not alone. Do we rise to the occasion, do what's best for everyone, or sell out and captulate to fear of the unknown? I'm incredibly excited to learn what comes next.
February 12, 2026
couldn't put the book down. I thought this was a trilogy as I got the first 3 books for Christmas, but did a little research and saw how expensive the series was including standalone books that are within the universe of the series. I'm excited for the next adventure.
February 4, 2018
I won a kindle version #GoodreadsGiveaway
December 30, 2019
I really liked it
August 4, 2019
I read 120-130 books a year.. I have done this since a was a kid. I'm 50 now. So when I say this is quite possibly the worst book I've ever read....yeah. Protagonist is the usual. Hawaiin shirt wearing.. some sort of spec ops.... just a flimsy character. So these aliens land on earth in Peru and need 10 liters of H2O to fix their ship.. Those crazy aliens. Apparently aliens that can travel faster than light across galaxies don't know how frickin condensation works. Anyhoo they have to trade their secret tech for a bit of water. Bad guys don't want this to happen and that leads to the apex of this moronic book. Fighter planes that are 100km from target doing Mach 2 .. hero has a long internal discussion about the morality of it all .. minutes go by.. WAIT.. WTF.. at 2400km per hr? Anyway long battle ensues.. Now the bad guy is 350 MILES from target.. wait what.. how far? Now we using MPH from KPH? Damn author can't even keep his units of measurement the same.. Whatever.. Crisis averted ... But apparently we have to tune in next book to see if the aliens actually get their bloody water. Holy crap maybe not .. Just looked and there are 4 more books in this POS series.. sigh.
April 10, 2017
A great read as a first time sci-fi reader!
I was lucky enough to obtain a signed copy of this book having met the author. As a first time sci-fi I really enjoyed the story and look forward to the Saga unfolding.
Loving the Sentinel Commander. Hoping he becomes a prime character moving forward.
I was lucky enough to obtain a signed copy of this book having met the author. As a first time sci-fi I really enjoyed the story and look forward to the Saga unfolding.
Loving the Sentinel Commander. Hoping he becomes a prime character moving forward.
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February 8, 2018I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways. It is a Kindle book.
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